No revision in list of Gruha Lakshmi beneficiary list, says Minister Hebbalkar
Bengaluru: Women and Child Development Minister Lakshmi Hebbalkar clarified at a press meet at the Vidhana Soudha on Thursday that the list of beneficiaries of the Gruha Lakshmi scheme will not be revised.
When asked if there was a technical glitch in crediting the money to the beneficiaries’ accounts, she denied any such problem. The minister said that, while the government had credited the money for April, only the payment for May was pending, adding that the Finance Department was yet to release the funds meant for the scheme.
Hebbalkar explained that the Department had handed over the responsibility of crediting the money to the beneficiaries’ accounts to the respective zilla and taluk panchayats, as directed by the Central government. The rule set by the Centre, however, has caused delay in crediting the money to the beneficiaries’ accounts, she added.
There is a monthly increase of 10,000 to 15,000 in the number of beneficiaries of the Gruha Lakshmi scheme. The registered beneficiaries are all being credited the promised sum every month as the government is facing no problem in managing the guarantee scheme, Hebbalkar added.
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J-K: Rahul Gandhi to sponsor education of 22 children who lost their parents in Pak shelling
Rajouri/Jammu (PTI): Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will sponsor the education of 22 children who lost either one or both parents in the Pakistani shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir during Operation Sindoor, a party leader has said.
Pradesh Congress Committee president Tariq Hameed Karra also refuted any differences with the pre-poll alliance partner National Conference (NC) but said his party is waiting for formation of coordination committee with the ruling party for the past nine months.
"A lot of civilian casualties and damage to properties took place in Poonch and Rajouri (between May 7 and 10) in Pakistani shelling. Rahul Gandhi visited Poonch in the aftermath of the devastating shelling and visited the bereaved families. He asked us to prepare a list of school-going children who lost one or both parents, especially the breadwinners, and accordingly we submitted the list to him," Karra, who reached Rajouri on a three-day tour of the region, told reporters late Monday.
He said the party has a list of 22 such children in the Poonch district alone, and more such children might be included at the end of the three-day visit.
Poonch district alone accounted for 13 civilian deaths among 28 fatalities in the Pakistani shelling and drone attacks in Jammu and Kashmir after the Indian armed forces carried out missile strikes on terror infrastructure across the border under Operation Sindoor in May in retaliation to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that left 26 persons dead.
Karra said he is visiting Poonch on Tuesday to handover the financial aid sent by the leader of opposition for the affected children for their education.
"This is an initiative aimed at extending a helping hand to the children so that their studies are not impacted," he said.
